The story
- Latin · borrowed fromscutum“shield”
- English todayscute
Borrowed from Latin scutum (“shield”). Compare scutum, escudo, scudo, and écu.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
scute
Today it means: A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodiles, or the feet and legs of birds. Full definition →
Latin scutum